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jackknife

/jak-nahyf/US // ˈdʒækˌnaɪf //UK // (ˈdʒækˌnaɪf) //

自杀式,自杀式刀法,自刎,自杀式刀

Related Words

plunge纵身一跃,纵身一跳,骤降,纵身跳下cannonball炮弹,炮仗,大炮弹,炮击gainer增益者,收益者,获利者,收获者swallow dive燕子潜入,燕子潜水,燕子潜行,燕子跳水

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural jack·knives.

    • : a large pocketknife.
    • : Fancy Diving. a dive in which the diver bends in midair to touch the toes, keeping the legs straight, and then straightens out.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    jack·knifed, jack·knif·ing.

    • : to bend or double over like a jackknife: The prizefighter jackknifed and fell when he was hit in the stomach.
    • : to have the cab and trailer swivel at the linkage until they form a V shape, as the result of an abrupt stop or accident.
    • : to perform a jackknife.
    • : to move rapidly at an abrupt angle.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    jack·knifed, jack·knif·ing.

    • : to cause to jackknife: The blow jackknifed the prizefighter.
    • : to cut with a jackknife.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : resembling a jackknife, as in its shape, function, or manner of opening and folding.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inswan dive
Synonyms
cannonball炮弹,炮仗,大炮弹,炮击gainer增益者,收益者,获利者,收获者plunge纵身一跃,纵身一跳,骤降,纵身跳下swallow dive燕子潜入,燕子潜水,燕子潜行,燕子跳水

Examples

  • Around the 50-minute mark a jackknife plot turn sends it careering off-road, and it becomes an overburdened movie rather than a nimble one.

  • She cut it with Henry's jackknife into four quarters, and she and Henry took the two crusty ends themselves.

  • It was a rather battered jackknife, and Scattergood noticed that one blade had been broken off.

  • Mr. Blossom drew a jackknife from his pocket and began leisurely to sharpen a pencil.

  • Then he got up, jerked Mr. Blossom's old jackknife from the post where it had been abandoned, and pocketed it.

  • "I've heard tell you kin cut real gold like cheese," he said, and opened his jackknife.

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